is there a way to turn off referrer information in firefox?
Do that and you'll lose access to the images and downloads on a lot of sites, which check for a referrer from themselves to ensure other places aren't direct-linking and thieving bandwidth.
What you ideally want (assuming you don't care to tell a webmaster you found the link at Google or a particular site) is for cross-domain referrers to be blocked. Anyone know a way to do that with Firefox?
Of course it's a publicity stunt... and the next installment will probably be photos of a man face-down in water just off the shore, and something press friendly such as a charity donation.
Be that as it may, the use of the term varies widely, and when used with particular entonations extends right up to words and phrases containing lots of F's and C's.
As far as I'm aware, the term isn't in common usage in the US, and in the UK and Australia certainly has nothing like the connotations of 'fucking cunt'.
Firefox: Download a 5MB program, download a 500KB extension, install, restart, download a 1MB extension, install, restart, download security update for extension 1, install, restart, lather, rinse, repeat.
What the extensions do you have running for that usage pattern, or are you simply trolling?
The twenty-ish extensions I have installed (perhaps five of which I actually tend to use) were one installation process and total perhaps a couple of meg, if that. They're also all backup'd in one folder for easy installation if, for some reason, I need to refresh the OS.
Besides, I never trust Adblockers
So don't use one. Also, you'd only fail to see photos if you were enough of a moron to set up filters that blocked them.
Faith by definition is a belief in something that can't be proved or truly understood. It's not open to debate. It's a personal choice and should be respected.
Some people have faith in the inherent superiority of a particular race.
I hate the elitists who seek to tear down instead of build!
That's actually the criticism many people have of Christianity, you realise? As pertaining to trying to fit findings to a theory rather than theory to available evidence.
Reading the article (which is a form of heresy in itself...) this is an exciting development, though it does make you wonder how many previous archaelogical finds got discarded over the years because no-one had an inkling as to their possible value.
What's the betting that the one that reads "'The Bible' copyright 134AD
Or the Red Dwarf version:
Newsreader: Good evening. Here is the news on Friday, the 27th of Geldof. Archeologists near Mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon-dated in Bonne. If genuine, it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read, "To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." The page has been universally condemned by church leaders.
Haven't read the article, but previous counts of spyware on user machines tended to include cookies. Hopefully the proposed bill won't make the same mistake.
Dunno... if he played it in the way he comes across on stage, he wouldn't make a very sympathetic figure. All my opinion of course, but there's a hard edge there that would jar with other portrayals of the Doctor.
As someone else suggested, he might make a fine incarnation of the Master.
...grandparent is doing a fine impression of a stuck record. I wish people would stop bitching about the address bar having different default behaviour in Firefox whilst being easily customisable. Having a separate search box is more welcoming to neophytes, but there's no problem quickly setting up alternatives.
Look for 'keyword.URL' in about:config for even more flexibility.
This isn't a troll, I'm just wondering how many users incoming from Mozilla have even noticed the keyword search feature in Firefox. Not many on current evidence. Sometimes it's worth giving a quick glance at the documentation--keyword searches are one of those lovely features that make you wonder how you ever got anything done quickly before.
One thing I like is searching or entering URLs in a single large bar
Just edit keyword.URL to http://www.google.com/search?q=
about:config is a lovely thing. Rather like things such as TweakUI for Windows, the defaults are fine for most people, but there are few little extra enhancements that can be easily made, and which appear in plenty of hints & tips guides.
using wikipedia as "source" is like saying something is true because your brother-in-law says it is (and he's a dr/atty/chemist/nobel laureate/cereal box prize winner/etc....). Not credible.
So, about equal to many history and politics textbooks.
Wikipedia is a useful first source of information. Research for any project should include a wide variety and decent number of sources. Published encyclopedias are often riddled with errors and out-of-date information.
The only reason Fear and Loathing got out was because it was made and distribution handled afterwards. I suspect similar arrangements would be required for Good Omens. Things might be in a better position if another Pratchett work made it to cinema first.
A smaller TV film would be feasible, I'd think. The animated ones are decent, and British works such as Gaiman's Neverwhere (or even Dr Who) are still popular despite being low-budget.
Not that your idea of 'acceptable' bothers me much, but Anthony (rather like Tom Holt) tends to work with bludgeoning puns rather than back-referencing; Pratchett is more enjoyable the more of the source material you know.
Agreed. It's very impressive. Reminds me a bit of Knightmare (an old UK kids' show) but with better CGI.
I don't trust a large company not to butcher Good Omens... particularly speeches such as Crowley talking about human nature... but a man from the same circle that produced Life of Brian has a better shot than most, I suppose...
it pretty much doesn't matter with the discworld stuff.
Well, Lords and Ladies is the first book where the author thought it worth including a note in the front to the effect that it helps to have read them in some kind of order. (And gave a short summary of events so far.)
Kids and teenagers more-so. It's like Brits will happily wear t-shirts with foreign language slogans; in Japan or France it's quite common to see English used for titles and the rest of a poster in local language.
Wouldn't say "we"... I don't have any particular like or dislike of French people in general. My interest in languages is mostly to do with how they overlap and blend together over time.
I didn't say donate. As you note, the content has value and arrangements would have to be made. This would be far preferable to a "we're going to get our own ball to play with and your ball stinks" -style response.
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Do that and you'll lose access to the images and downloads on a lot of sites, which check for a referrer from themselves to ensure other places aren't direct-linking and thieving bandwidth.
What you ideally want (assuming you don't care to tell a webmaster you found the link at Google or a particular site) is for cross-domain referrers to be blocked. Anyone know a way to do that with Firefox?
Which is a convenient failing for a supreme being to have if you're trying to prop up a belief system using the concept of free will.
I've never understood why people would make the arrogant assumption that, if there is a supreme being, everything isn't going according to its plan.
Of course it's a publicity stunt... and the next installment will probably be photos of a man face-down in water just off the shore, and something press friendly such as a charity donation.
As far as I'm aware, the term isn't in common usage in the US, and in the UK and Australia certainly has nothing like the connotations of 'fucking cunt'.
What the extensions do you have running for that usage pattern, or are you simply trolling?
The twenty-ish extensions I have installed (perhaps five of which I actually tend to use) were one installation process and total perhaps a couple of meg, if that. They're also all backup'd in one folder for easy installation if, for some reason, I need to refresh the OS.
Besides, I never trust Adblockers
So don't use one. Also, you'd only fail to see photos if you were enough of a moron to set up filters that blocked them.
Just leave them to be happy they don't need to dual-boot to run a few entertaining distractions, 'k?
Some people have faith in the inherent superiority of a particular race.
All opinions do not necessarily deserve respect.
That's actually the criticism many people have of Christianity, you realise? As pertaining to trying to fit findings to a theory rather than theory to available evidence.
Reading the article (which is a form of heresy in itself...) this is an exciting development, though it does make you wonder how many previous archaelogical finds got discarded over the years because no-one had an inkling as to their possible value.
Or the Red Dwarf version:
Newsreader: Good evening. Here is the news on Friday, the 27th of Geldof. Archeologists near Mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a missing page from the Bible. The page is currently being carbon-dated in Bonne. If genuine, it belongs at the beginning of the Bible and is believed to read, "To my darling Candy. All characters portrayed within this book are fictitous and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental." The page has been universally condemned by church leaders.
Haven't read the article, but previous counts of spyware on user machines tended to include cookies. Hopefully the proposed bill won't make the same mistake.
Dunno... if he played it in the way he comes across on stage, he wouldn't make a very sympathetic figure. All my opinion of course, but there's a hard edge there that would jar with other portrayals of the Doctor.
As someone else suggested, he might make a fine incarnation of the Master.
Hit 'about:config' and toggle 'browser.xul.error_pages.enabled' to true.
Look for 'keyword.URL' in about:config for even more flexibility.
This isn't a troll, I'm just wondering how many users incoming from Mozilla have even noticed the keyword search feature in Firefox. Not many on current evidence. Sometimes it's worth giving a quick glance at the documentation--keyword searches are one of those lovely features that make you wonder how you ever got anything done quickly before.
Just edit keyword.URL to http://www.google.com/search?q=
about:config is a lovely thing. Rather like things such as TweakUI for Windows, the defaults are fine for most people, but there are few little extra enhancements that can be easily made, and which appear in plenty of hints & tips guides.
So, about equal to many history and politics textbooks.
Wikipedia is a useful first source of information. Research for any project should include a wide variety and decent number of sources. Published encyclopedias are often riddled with errors and out-of-date information.
I seem to recall it being mentioned somewhere in the eBay terms and conditions that they aren't actually an auction service.
I like Macs, but Microsoft is not expensive. Not even in terms of time if well-run. In return, you get your pick of hardwave and software.
For typical users, this decision by MS is bad news.
A smaller TV film would be feasible, I'd think. The animated ones are decent, and British works such as Gaiman's Neverwhere (or even Dr Who) are still popular despite being low-budget.
It seems more and more people are being driven to use cracked versions of software simply because of the DRM inconvenience.
Not that your idea of 'acceptable' bothers me much, but Anthony (rather like Tom Holt) tends to work with bludgeoning puns rather than back-referencing; Pratchett is more enjoyable the more of the source material you know.
Better than reciting the Rite of AshkEnte backwards did for Albert... ;)
I don't trust a large company not to butcher Good Omens... particularly speeches such as Crowley talking about human nature... but a man from the same circle that produced Life of Brian has a better shot than most, I suppose...
Well, Lords and Ladies is the first book where the author thought it worth including a note in the front to the effect that it helps to have read them in some kind of order. (And gave a short summary of events so far.)
Kids and teenagers more-so. It's like Brits will happily wear t-shirts with foreign language slogans; in Japan or France it's quite common to see English used for titles and the rest of a poster in local language.
Wouldn't say "we" ... I don't have any particular like or dislike of French people in general. My interest in languages is mostly to do with how they overlap and blend together over time.
I didn't say donate. As you note, the content has value and arrangements would have to be made. This would be far preferable to a "we're going to get our own ball to play with and your ball stinks" -style response.